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Sylvia Beach Whitman : ウィキペディア英語版 | Sylvia Beach Whitman
Sylvia Whitman (April 1, 1981 ) is the proprietor of the Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris, a popular tourist attraction. She is the daughter of the shop's founder, the late George Whitman. ==Biography==
Whitman is the only child of George Whitman. She was named after Sylvia Beach, founder of the original Shakespeare & Company bookstore, a former haunt of Ernest Hemingway and James Joyce.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The New York Times )〕 Her parents divorced when she was seven, and she went to stay with her mother in England. After staying for 10 years in London and Edinburgh with her mother, Sylvia Whitman returned and took over the running of the shop in 2003 at age 22,〔("The "Found Generation" -- The New Literary Paris Legends" ), ''International Living'', August 11, 2004〕 and continues to run it in the same manner as her father, allowing young writers to live and work in the bookstore. Whitman has also started a biennial literary festival, FestivalandCo, which has hosted such writers as Paul Auster, Siri Hustvedt, Jeanette Winterson, Jung Chang and Marjane Satrapi.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The New York Times )〕
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